watch it: the 3/21/09 weekly address from President Barack Obama
Whoever’s idea it was to post the new president’s weekly addresses on YouTube is a genius…
Year: 2009
weekend open thread: spring has sprung edition
It snowed here in the Bronx yesterday morning, but today is bright and sunny and almost warm. Finally. I’m still getting my head wrapped around that BSG finale last night, and I’ll write about it later today. Now, I’m off to a screening of Monsters vs. Aliens, in IMAX. Then it’s work work work for … more…
The Week in Women
My regular “Week in Women” column is up over at the home of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
Knowing (review)
Imagine that the nitwits who wrote those preposterous *Left Behind* apocalyptic end-times fantasies decided to try their pens at something *X-Files*-y…
screencap Friday: what the flick? #63
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one guess per comment — no fair hogging all the guesses.
trailer break: ‘Wild Child’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Natasha Richardson’s last film — she appears briefly in the trailer toward the end: Wild Child hasn’t been released in the U.S. (and no release date appears to have been set), but it was released last summer in the U.K., and is already available on DVD in … more…
John Simm to return for David Tennant’s ‘Doctor Who’ finale
Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod: David Tennant’s final Doctor Who episode will be something of a reunion. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler), Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) and Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) are being lined up to appear. According to The Sun, the trio will join forces to take on the Doctor’s arch-enemy The Master, once again played by … more…
question of the day: What imaginary film would you most like to see?
We’ve all got those favorite movies that don’t exist. I’d love to see Sand Pirates of the Sahara, the fake movie-within-the-movie we get only glimpses of in The Majestic. I’d also love to see The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Against the World Crime League, the sequel that was promised to us at the end of … more…
I Love You, Man (review)
The male contingent of the moviegoing crowd that has been waiting for the film that tries to push and prod guys to conform to a narrow, cardboard stereotype of modern masculinity in the same way that Hollywood has been trying to mold women into materialistic Barbie dolls in recent years will delight in *I Love You, Man.*
Dream Cast is taking a little break this week
But it’ll be back next week. If you have a suggestion for an 80s TV show or movie we should play with, feel free to email me.
